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Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

There is no such thing as "Christian" tattoos.

cuttings for the dead

and tattoo yourselves are

separate commands.

the passage ISN'T referencing tattoos for the dead, it means tattoos for any reason. Again, we are told that the body is a temple and we are not to deface or destroy or defile the temple of the LORD.

God's people are called to be separate from the world, even though we remain in it. Tattoos are common throughout the world, and either pagan or secular and selfish.

Just because you want to have the freedom to engrave your vain imaginations and musings on your body, as if it were a temple to yourself, does not give you the right to do so. The Bible says we were bought for a price. We are of the LORD. We are in his family. A spiritual family.

Bad. Tattoos are almost always narcissistic and disrespectful of the body, which is a temple. Christian tattoos are being the Pharisee who prays loudly in public.

There are a few cultures who tattoo Christian symbols in visible places; these are always cultures in Muslim lands and they do this (esp. to children) in order so that they are not taken as sex slaves or Janissaries by the Muslims. R U in danger of this? Anyway it is viewed as a lesser of two evils in that case and not as something "good" per se.

Tattoos smear and serve no function. If you want pretty use body paint or a fucking canvas.

>>259199

>>259209

Take your judaizing elsewhere, it's not wanted here.

Tattoos are stupid unless it's part of your patrimony, so unless you're Coptic or Ethiopian don't bother. It's not sinful, but it is pointless and silly.

>>259263

protestants hate other protestants who preach obedience to God's decree's. They call them legalistic.

Christians hate other Christians of any kind who talk about obedience to the Word of God. They call them Judaizers and persecute them. Judaizers were persecuted, driven out and even killed.

The accusation is that following God's Law and wishes are somehow evil. Yet those who persecute do so with hatred in their hearts, some even commit violence or murder.

Christianity is about your relationship with God. When you have a tattoo, it is *most* likely you will not be looking at them as often as others will. Just because you might look holy to others, God is more interested in your heart.

If your goal is to bring glory to God, charitable actions in His name would bring more Glory to Him. I do not believe you can bring God glory by doing the things he tells us not to do.

By the way, it's not the Jews telling you to not get a tattoo, it is God telling His chosen people, which you are now apart of, not to.

Copts do it by the dozens.

>>259199

>for the dead

Many ancient Hebrews had piercings. There is nothing wrong with them or tatoos unless they are exaggerated, blasphemous or depict dead people.

That being said, tatoos are stupid. Don’t do that.

>>259329

>or depict dead people.

In the sense of zombies/undead or in the sense of people who died?

>>259329

you are shifting the conversation in order to prove your point, which is a novice and dishonest move.

First, The passage I mentioned makes no mention of piercings. Second, where are you pulling your source for making the statement that many ancient Hebrews had piercings. Is that fact, was it a sect of Hebrews or was it the mainline Hebrews.

Third, I'd rather take God's decree of why I should or shouldn't do something. Instead of dead ancient Hebrews or your random 2016 opinion, I will trust in the Word of God.

its forgivable if:

1. you are coptic / living in a muslim hellhole

2. you got them before being saved

Degenerate. Tats are a good sign of women to avoid when searching for a wife. Doesn't matter what the tat is.

>>260026

>Leviticus 19:28

>does it include nail biting and biting the skin around your nails?

ehh, does it matter? the verse before it says thou shall not trim your beard or side burns. That's why jews have those disgusting locks and unkempt beards.

>>259184

Christians are evil.

>>260039

ok

>>259184

tattoos are garbage

those christians who do it like ethiopians and copts need to be educated

>>259331

he's right about the piercings. there are lots of lines referencing israelite women having nose rings. at mount sinai a lot of women removed their nose rings, not because they were wrong, but because they wanted to donate the gold to the building of the tabernacle. there are plenty of references afterwards as well. not sure if there are any references to men wearing piercings in scripture, but ive heard that according to jewish lore king david had many piercings

tattoos were definitely forbidden though

>>260028

>God's commandments are disgusting because they don't fit in with modern fashion sensibility

ok then

>>260118

>pic related is acceptable

wait a sec are u trying to troll me

>>260183

In the Soviet gulag system it was pretty common for prisoners to tattoo communist figures on their chests so that if they ever faced a firing squad the guards would be reluctant to shoot, because if defacing an image of these figures wasn't a crime it was at least very frowned upon by the Party.

>>260209

ah, interesting. you should have mentioned that in the post. it's not exactly common knowledge.

so that really saved lives?

>>260213

>so that really saved lives?

Probably not. Seems more like a prisoner superstition/tradition, like most prison tats. The Reds would probably just shoot you in the head.

Are you doing it to show your friends and everyone else how "good" of a Christian you are?

If yes, then the accolades of the world will be your reward.

Are you getting a tattoo to be closer to God?

Unnecessary and silly, same reason why wearing a cross around your neck doesn't make you a better or worse Christian.

Are you living in a country ruled by Muslims or another faith that is known to persecute and murder Christians for their faith?

Even if the answer to this one was yes, which it isn't, I still feel it as redundant. Having a tattoo of a cross on your whatever isn't going to "remind" you to not deny God even under pain of death, it'll just end up with them killing you before they even ask.

If you truly love the Lord, I don't think he's going to be upset at you for marking yourself with an image of the cross or something similar.

>>260232

http://www.cruxnow.com/faith/2015/06/27/tattoos-arent-just-a-fashion-statement-for-egypts-copts/

>>260181

>>God's commandments

>>Jew's traditions and folklore

ehh, there's a difference

>>260232

this is the most judgmental and arrogant post in this thread, great job

>>260270

The Old Testament does contain his commands, the Talmud is the folklore and traditions codified at about 200 A.D. and bundled with the Old Testament.

However remember that Gentiles only got some commands. Thou shalt not kill in the garden, Pharaoh punished for adultery with Sara in Genesis. Yet the Torah commands only Jews to circumcise, and it says if a Jew gets unkosher meat. he can sell it to a Gentile.

Rightly dividing the word to see your responsibilties is hard.

The New Testament will reiterate anything you need to know, but the Old Testament is still necessary for understanding the New.

>>260271

Sorry if the truth offends you, but that doesn't make it any less true.